CBCP Commission Statements
Note on Ash Wednesday: Distribution of ashes in time of pandemic
The time of the Pandemic has affected all aspects of our life and even our liturgical celebrations.
Mission for and with the Youth
A Letter to the Youth Dear Young People, Joyful greetings to you in the name of all our Brother Bishops in the CBCP-Episcopal Commission on Youth! The COVID19 pandemic caught all of us unprepared. We have witnessed unprecedented changes in almost all areas of our...
Message for 33rd Prison Awareness Sunday
Forty five years ago, a group of prisoners at the death row of the Maximum compound of the Bureau of Prisons wrote a letter to the Catholic...
Statement on the World Day Against the Death Penalty
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care (CBCP-ECPPC) reiterates our strong opposition to capital punishment. 1. The death penalty violates the inherent dignity of a human person, which is not lost despite the...
ECIP Statement on the occasion of the celebration of IP Week 2020
On the occasion of the celebration of Indigenous Peoples Week during the Season of Creation 2020, the Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples (ECIP) of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines
Pastoral message on closing of the Year of the Word of God
These were the words of Jesus Christ to assure His disciples that God would be on their side, even in the darkest days of their lives.
CBCP-ECMI’s message for the 34th National Migrants’ Sunday
In these difficult and trying times of COVID-19, we are experiencing the harshness of life. Many of our OFWs are forced to come back home with no security of a better life.
STAND FOR LIFE
CBCP-ECPPC Statement Against the Death Penalty
Open letter to the members of the House Committee on Legislative Franchises
The CBCP Episcopal Commission on Social Communications, together with the Filipino people, watched and listened intently to all the 12 hearings held by the House Committee on Legislative Franchises of the Philippine Congress.
CBCP-BEC Statement on the Anti-Terrorism Bill
We, the members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines – Committee on Basic Ecclesial Communities (CBCP-BEC), serve as an ecclesial body that coordinates the BECs or neighbourhood-based faith communities in the Parishes all over the country.
Activism is not terrorism
NASSA/Caritas Philippines is the humanitarian, development and advocacy arm of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).
Pastoral reminder about ‘venomous virus’ preying on our youth during pandemic
There is a more dangerous and extremely deadly virus lurking around us aside from Covid-19. They prey on our young people that are restricted to their homes due to coronavirus lockdowns. They take advantage of the situation, with our youth who are preoccupied with the...